Naked DNA transport and expression in mammalian cells

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 314-318

  Wolff, Jon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Gene transfer; Liposomes; Nuclear transport; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; LIPOSOME; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; MUSCLES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0030766408     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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